Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they're wearing.
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I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it's great material, then you feel confident in it.
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I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.
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When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner - and how that winner might be me.
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I spent a whole year when I was injured just trying to get my arm back to the point where I could hit a tennis ball for more than 30 minutes a day. I'd hit for 15 minutes and it would feel as if my arm was going to fall off.
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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.
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Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.
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I have a Russian heart.
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I love competing.
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I'd like to have a family.
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When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.
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If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
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Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, 'Well, she's living in the United States, but she's Russian.'
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I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.
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I still love things that you don't even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.
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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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It's strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.
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I heard endless conversations between my parents when I was going to sleep about how we would survive, how we would continue. All of them were about trying to make me better.
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I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.